Guard for downspouts



665:0 H 3, L33o E. G GREENE 1,930,354

GUARD FOR DOWNSPOUTS Filed Feb. 18, 1931 [{VVENTOR Err m G. Greene AT TORNEY Patented Oct. 10, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in a guard for down spouts.

The object of my invention is to provide an invisible guard to avoid leaves or other debris 5 from entering the down spout of guttering such as commonly placed on the roofs of buildings.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple and'eflicient guard removable and adjustable.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a guard having a spacing means for the body thereof from the gutter, the means also to avoid the free passage of debris beneath the guard.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a guard having a bail adjustably and rockably arranged as a convenient packing means.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a guard member made of wire fabric and a resilient bail rockably attached, the bail adaptable to down spouts of different diameters and to function as securing means for the fabric.

These and other objects will hereinafter be more fully explained, reference being had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification, and in which like characters will apply to like parts in the different views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. l is a side view of the guard.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end view showing the guard positioned over the down spout of a gutter, the down spout and guttering being in section.

My invention herein disclosed consists of a Woven Wire structure 1 having a portion of the 35 ends and sides thereof bent at right angles functioning as leg spacing means for the fabric from the wall of a gutter, the right angle bent portions being shown as at 2, the fabric thus arranged may be bent to conform to the curvature or angle of any standard make of guttering, and supported thereon thru the medium of the said right angled portions as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and being thus spaced from the guttering 3, the full area beneath the fabric guard element is unobstructed by debris deposit.

Centrally secured to the under side or convex side of the fabric is a clip element 4 piped to receive the free end portions of a bail 5 that are axially aligned and insertable within each end of the clip and free to rock and slide longitudinally therein. The said bail is resilient as conforming and tensioning means to the diameters of down spouts, the position of which is shown by dotted lines A in Fig. 1, the bail functioning as an anchor. At the lower end of the bail is provided a loop portion B as convenient means to expand or contract the upper portion thereof should the diameter of the down spout vary in excess to the normal scope of the bail to bind securely therein, by which means the guard is properly 7 positioned concentrically over the opening of the down spout and being simple to remove and replace as the said bail frictionally engages as previously described.

While I have shown a woven wire fabric of a certain mesh and length for the leg elements, also for a specific form of the bail, I do not wish to be restricted to thesealone as the same may be varied with equal efliciency, and such other mod,- ifications may be employed as lie within the scope of the appended claims, and having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a guard for down spouts, a rectangular woven wire fabric, having each of the projecting end portions of the wire bent at right angles in one direction with respect to the plane of the fabric functioning as legs, a piped clip secured to the fabric concentrically, a bail, the ends of which are brought to axial alignment to slidably engage in the piped clip when the end portions are moved to and from each other.

2. In a guard for down spouts, a pipe element secured concentrically to the convex side of the fabric, a looped bail, the ends of which are aligned to slidably engage in their respective ends of the piped clip, the bail to function as ananchor for the woven fabric all as and for the purpose specified.

ERVIN G. GREENE. 

